Empty the Bench

- The Starting Five - Today is the first day of the rest of this writer’s life
- HOOPSWORLD - Despite the hype, Amir Johnson is taking it one step at a time.
- Hoops Fantasy - One expert’s top-five fantasy players in the NBA this season
- Sactown Royalty - Channing Frye reads your comments on his blog… and responds, too.
- Flea’s NBA Blog - Flea loves everyone at Lakers games, including the “hot silicone chicks.”
- The Legend of Cecilio Guante - Zeke is comfortable with Eddy Curry’s weight?!
- Rotten Tomatoes - Will Ferrell’s sports-parody schtick has worn extremely thin.
- Hoops Addict - An exclusive interview with Lakers F Ronny Turiaf (nice score, guys)
- The Money Shot - A big middle finger (and f— you) to the Miami Heat for packing it in
- Odenized - Another reason to really, really, really dislike Bruce Bowen.
- Behind the Beat - Greg Oden is jumping and dunking; his teammates are dreaming.
- Sports Media Watch - But I bet they’d have no problem with an NFL team coming to town, even though the off-field conduct of its players is much worse than those in the NBA overall

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